USPS shipping - need help

We've been having a discussion on the Kingsnake.com corn snake forum about shipping regulations.This is a subject that concerns almost all herpers, whether you are the one shipping animals or are on the receiving end. We have decided to target the USPS and launch a mail campaign to attempt to persuade them to accept harmless reptiles for shipment. We need the help of as many people as we can get. Rich Zuchowski has set out a general guideline to help those of you who can get involved. I have posted it, and the address of the Post Master General below. If you can lend your support, it is certainly needed.

Generally speaking, writing to bureaucrats at any level is best accomplishedby proper groveling. Like it or not, people in positions like that LIKE tohave their feet kissed and it is often the only way to get their ear. Startoff your letters with a request for an interpretation of the LAW as related tothe shipping of live harmless snakes. Be careful to differentiate between whatis law and what is policy. Then offer a carrot. There are hundreds of existingbreeders of snakes that would switch to the USPS in a heartbeat if they couldget quality reliable service from them. There are probably THOUSANDS more thatare potential customers, but the lack of this service has inhibited an entireindustry. The advent of the Internet as opened a floodgate of possibilitiesthat the USPS could take part in if they will only take a good hard look atthe potential of this marketplace and drop a policy that is based on nothingmore than personal prejudice and ignorant fear.

OK, there's a bare bones format. Keep it nice, keep it short, and keep to thepoint. No one reads long letters. And for God's sake be civil! All it wouldtake is one or more demanding letters or rants to harden someone against us whommight otherwise be willing to listen to a reasonable argument.

And an attorney that would research the Postal Regulations and present alegal argument in our behalf would certainly be helpful.